story: When my father was dying, I traveled a thousand miles from home to be with him in his last days. It was far more heartbreaking than I'd expected, one of the most difficult and painful times in my life. After he passed away I stayed alone in his apartment. There were so many things to deal with. It all seemed endless. I was lonely. I hated the silence of the apartment. 
  
  But one evening the silence was broken: I heard crying outside. I opened the door to find a little cat on the steps. He was thin and poor. He looked the way I felt. I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish. He ate it and then almost immediately fell sound asleep. 
  
  The next morning I checked with neighbors and learned that the cat had been abandoned by his owner who's moved out. So the little cat was there all alone, just like I was. As I walked back to the apartment, I tried to figure out what to do with him. Having something else to take care of seemed _ But as soon as I opened the apartment door he came running and jumped into my arms. It was clear from that moment that he had no intention of going anywhere. I started calling him Willis, in honor of my father's best friend. 
  
  From then on, things grew easier. With Willis in my lap time seemed to pass much more quickly. When the time finally came for me to return home I had to decide what to do about Willis. There was absolutely no way I would leave without him. 
  
  It's now been five years since my father died. Over the years, several people have commented on how nice it was of me to rescue the cat. But I know that we rescued each other. I may have given him a home but he gave me something greater.
questions: What was crying?
questions: what did the author feed it?
questions: what did the author feed it?
questions: then what did the cat do?
questions: where was the author?
questions: was the father alive by then?
questions: how far did the author travel?
questions: who did the author check about the cat with?
questions: what did he find out?
questions: by who?
questions: what did he call him?
questions: how long has he had him?
questions: who was he named after?
questions: did the author go without him?
questions: how did the author feel after his dad died?
questions: did he expect it?
questions: what did people say to him about Willis?
questions: did he feel the same?
questions: what did he feel?
questions: did he originally want to keep Willis?
answers: a cat
answers:  I heard crying outside. I opened the door to find a little cat
answers: yes
answers: I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish
answers: fish
answers:  I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish
answers: fell asleep
answers: He ate it and then almost immediately fell sound asleep
answers: his father's apartment.
answers: After he passed away I stayed alone in his apartment.
answers: no
answers:  After he passed away I stayed alone in his apartment.
answers: a thousand miles
answers: I traveled a thousand miles
answers: neighbors
answers: The next morning I checked with neighbors and learned that the cat 
answers: the cat was abandoned
answers:  learned that the cat had been abandoned by his owner
answers: his owner
answers: the cat had been abandoned by his owner
answers: Willis
answers: I started calling him Willis
answers: five years
answers: It's now been five years since my father died
answers: his father's best friend.
answers:  I started calling him Willis, in honor of my father's best friend. 
answers: no
answers:  There was absolutely no way I would leave without him. 
answers: heartbroken
answers: It was far more heartbreaking than I'd expected, one of the most difficult and painful times in my life.
answers: no
answers: far more heartbreaking than I'd expected
answers: it was nice to rescue him
answers: several people have commented on how nice it was of me to rescue the cat.
answers: no
answers:  But I know that we rescued each other.
answers: they rescued each other
answers: But I know that we rescued each other
answers: no
answers:  Having something else to take care of seemed _ 